#8A8C72#8A8C72

#8A8C72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.038 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C72
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 18.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -5.44, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 14.72, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0135 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.038 111)
XYZ	xyz(22.8963, 25.3745, 19.6079)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C72 #74728C

analogous

#8C8172 #8A8C72 #7D8C72

triadic

#8A8C72 #728A8C #8C728A

tetradic

#8A8C72 #728C81 #74728C #8C727D

square

#8A8C72 #728C81 #74728C #8C727D

split-complementary

#8A8C72 #727D8C #81728C

monochromatic

#47493B #696A57 #8A8C72 #A6A894 #C2C3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8A8C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C72

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C72	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.038 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acad9a',
    500: '#8a8c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c72;
$custom-light: #acad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63115,
    "c": 0.03758,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.25374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C72

secondary

#A8A7B3

accent

#75B379

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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